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Florida National Guard attacks wildfires from the air
March 9, 2022
UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopter crews from the Florida National Guard help battle wildfires in Bay County March 7, 2022. The Florida National Guard is working closely with state and local partners to contain the Chipola Complex fires across multiple counties in the Florida Panhandle.
Weather Airmen enable Black Hawk medical evacuation
March 7, 2022
Senior Airmen Gabrielle Dequire and Adam Mattson with the 199th Weather Flight, Hawaii Air National Guard, set up a TMQ-53 Tactical Meteorological Observing System during aeromedical evacuation exercises at Dillingham Airfield March 4, 2022. The TMQ-53 is a portable, automated weather station that can take observations in up to one-minute intervals, enabling flying missions from anywhere in the world.
202nd RED HORSE Squadron preps for deployment at exercise
March 7, 2022
Airmen of the 202nd RED HORSE Squadron perform as members of a post attack reconnaissance team in a contingency exercise during a simulated attack at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center in Starke, Florida. This exercise marked the completion of the squadron's second phase of training before deploying overseas.
Idaho National Guard assists at minimum-security prison
March 7, 2022
Idaho National Guard leaders visited state of Idaho prisons where Idaho National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are temporarily augmenting staffing. The Idaho Department of Corrections is short-handed due in part to COVID-19 pandemic.
145th Airlift Wing conducts aircraft mishap exercise
March 7, 2022
U.S. Airmen assigned to the North Carolina Air National Guard (NCANG), 145th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), attempt to extinguish a fire during a simulated aircraft mishap just outside the NCANG base, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, March 6, 2022. The 145th CES coordinated the response with the Charlotte Fire Department and other local authorities.
National Guard’s top general stresses individual, unit readiness
March 4, 2022
Mission Sustainment Team students use AN/PVS-31A binocular night-vision goggles during a field exercise in Oklahoma City Feb. 10, 2022. The students used the night vision devices to learn how to observe their surroundings and conceal their movement in the dark.
Afghan evacuee joins Indiana National Guard
March 4, 2022
Recruit Mohammad Zaki Ahmadi swears into the Indiana National Guard as U.S. Army Capt. Aissata Diallo administers the oath of enlistment in Indianapolis March 3, 2022. Ahmadi was one of approximately 7,000 Afghan evacuees who filtered through Camp Atterbury as part of Operation Allies Welcome.
Maryland National Guard Soldiers help revive man
March 4, 2022
Maryland Army National Guard Spcs. Patrick Sheil and Paul Hofe, members of 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, administered CPR and helped save a man's life at Doctors Community Hospital, Lanham, Maryland, Feb. 18, 2022.
New Hampshire Guardsmen juggle civilian, military jobs
March 4, 2022
Staff Sgt. Steven San Antonio of the 195th Regional Training Institute answers a call Feb. 14, 2022, at the St. Joseph COVID triage call center in Nashua, New Hampshire. San Antonio is one of two New Hampshire Guardsmen assigned to the center as part of Operation Winter Surge.
Alaska Guardsmen win Chief of the National Guard Biathlon
March 4, 2022
Alaska National Guard 1st Sgt. Angela Horn, Staff Sgt. Anna Knopes, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Tracy Dooley, and Sgt. 1st Class Heather Percy competed in the Annual Chief of the National Guard Biathlon Race on Camp Ripley, Minnesota, in February 2022. The AKNG team took first place overall in the women's division.
Airman brings Jiu-Jitsu skills to SPP partner Costa Rica
March 4, 2022
New Mexico National Guard Staff Sgt. Bradley Vallez took first place in a Jiu-Jitsu tournament. He used his non-lethal training to train police forces in Costa Rica, the New Mexico Guard's partner under the State Partnership Program.
NY Guard’s 27th Infantry Brigade prepares for deployments
March 3, 2022
U.S. Army Capt. Nicholas Charnley, Maj. Dermot Gavin, and Maj. Jared Kausner, assigned to the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New York Army National Guard, discuss the theoretical application of multidomain operations in a modern-day version of the Battle of Saipan in World War II during a leaders workshop in Syracuse, New York, Feb. 26, 2022. The workshop served to prepare the 27th IBCT's senior leaders for upcoming deployments and development of their future forces.
116th IBCT completes exercise ahead of Kosovo deployment
March 3, 2022
U.S. Army Soldiers with the Kentucky National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 29th Infantry Division, conduct fire phobia training at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany, Feb. 11, 2022. The training provided the Kentucky Citizen-Soldiers with the skills and confidence to respond to civil unrest where incendiary devices may be used.
New Jersey National Guard serves Vineland veterans
March 3, 2022
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Edward D. Simms, 204th Intelligence Squadron, 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, hands a bowling ball to James Dow, a resident at the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Vineland, at the home’s bowling alley in Vineland, New Jersey, Feb. 24, 2022. More than 70 New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are serving at the home.
Vermont National Guard hosts Austrian delegation
March 1, 2022
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Steve Gagner, commander, Army Mountain Warfare School, 124th Regiment (Regional Training Institute), Vermont National Guard, escorts an Austrian military delegation through the AMWS at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Jericho, Vermont, Feb. 14, 2022. Austria is scheduled to be Vermont’s newest state partner under the State Partnership Program.
National Guard troops from 15 states join Arctic exercise
March 1, 2022
Joint forces attend U.S. Stryker armored vehicle familiarization training during Joint Exercise Arctic Eagle-Patriot at Anchorage, Alaska, Feb. 24, 2022. The exercise increases the National Guard’s capacity to operate in austere, extreme cold-weather environments across Alaska and the Arctic region.
Twin sisters retire from Ohio Air Guard together
March 1, 2022
U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Tammy Mundy and Chief Master Sgt. Tabatha King pose for a portrait with Lt. Col. Rebecca Rudy after their combined retirement ceremony Feb. 5, 2022, at the 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio. Mundy and King are identical twins who have served side-by-side their entire military careers.
Idaho National Guard unit deploys to Africa
February 28, 2022
The Idaho Army National Guard Aviation Group deployed a small unit to the AFRICOM area of responsibility to support Operation Enduring Freedom Feb. 23, 2022. The unit will deploy for approximately nine months. The unit is based at Gowen Field and flies the C-12 Huron aircraft.
Missouri Airman joins rare group, flying 1,500 hours in B-2
February 25, 2022
Lt. Col. Drew Irmischer, 131st Bomb Wing pilot, celebrates surpassing 1,500 flight hours in the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber Jan. 27, 2022, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. Irmischer is only the 17th aviator to achieve that distinction.
Texas Guard’s 136th Airlift Wing completes four-day exercise
February 25, 2022
Texas Air National Guard Citizen-Airmen simulated self-aid buddy care for a graded wing exercise Feb. 13 at Fort Worth Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base. The Air Mobility Command inspector general tested the 136th Airlift Wing members' ability to operate in hazardous environments to ensure units remain mission ready.